Penholder.



No. 640,826. Patented Jan. 9, I900.

F. T. STEVENS.

PE N H0 L D E R.

(Application filed Jan. 23, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK T. STEVENS, OF LONG LAKE, MINNESOTA.

PENHOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 640,826, dated January 9, 1900.

Application filed JanuaryfZS, 1899. Serial No. 703,041. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK T. STEVENS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Long Lake, in the county of I-Iennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Penholders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to penholders,but more particularly to that class wherein the pen is resiliently supported within the ferrule, and has for its object to simplify and improve the manner of attaching the pen to the holder; and with this object in View my invention consists of a ferrule having a springbar arranged therein, shaped at'its outer end to receive a pen-point, and an adjustable pin arranged within the ferrule adapted to bear upon the spring and regulate the resiliency thereof.

The invention consists also in certain details of construction and novelties of combination, all of which Will be fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a view showing the prac- Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the ferrule and pen, the stock being shown in elevation. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the spring for holding the pen-point. Fig. 5 is a view of the blank from which the spring is made.

In carrying out my invention I employ a pen-stock A, having a metallic ferrule B arranged thereon, the top side of said ferrule being slotted, as shown at B. A spring 0 is fastened at its rear upper end inside the ferrule, the lower or forward end of said spring being enlarged, as shown at O, and bent back upon itself and curved longitudinally in order to provide a curved slot or recess 0 into which the end of a pen-point is adapted to fit and by means of which the said pen-point is secured to the holder. The spring-bar being secured to the ferrule at its upper end will permit the pen-point to spring or yield during the writing, thereby making the stiffest penpoint write as easily as a gold pen, the resiliency or elasticity'of the spring-bar through its entire length permitting this. Should the pen yield too much, the yielding property of the spring can be decreased by means of a pin D, located within the ferrule and resting upon the said spring, said pin havinga knob D extending through the slot B of the fer rule and by means of which the .pin can be adjusted up or down. By moving the .pin up or near to the point of attachment of the spring the elasticity or yielding property of the spring will be increased, whereas by moving it down toward the end of the spring its elasticity or yielding property will be de creased, and byadjusting the pin up ordown, as desired, the proper degree of resiliency can be easily attained, so that the holder can be readily adapted to suit the tastes of different writers.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A penholder, comprising a ferrule, having a spring-bar arranged therein, bent back upon itself to form a slot or recess adapted to receive a pen, and an adjustable pin arranged within the ferrule adapted to bear upon the spring and regulate the resiliency thereof, substantially as shown and described.

2. A penholder, comprising a ferrule slotted longitudinally and having a spring-bar arranged within the ferrule, said spring-bar being shaped at its outer end to receive the pen-point, and a pin arranged within the fer rule and adapted to bear upon the springbar, said pin having a knob extending through the slot of the ferrule, whereby said pin can be adjusted, substantially as shown and for the purposes described.

3. A penholder comprising aferrule slotted longitudinally and having a spring-bar within the ferrule, the forward end of said springbar being enlarged and bent back upon itself to form a slot or recess, adapted to receive the end of a pen and by means of which said pen is secured to the holders, and means for regulating the resiliency of the spring-bar substantially as described.

FRANK T. STEVENS. Witnesses:

S. H. JOHNSTON, M. D. PETERSON. 

